Chronicles of Narnia (tagged spoilers, at least at first)

[Snowflake]

I saw Narnia yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it. I confess, it has been decades since I've read the books, so in truth, this was like being exposed to this for the first time in many respects.

I thought the effects were everything they should have been. So much care was taken. Like GC, my only notice of anything amiss, at least to me, were some of the close ups and the still blue screened vistas behind them.

The voiceover work was wonderful and I recognized Mrs. Beaver and could not place her (now I know, Dawn French) and could have sworn Mr. Beaver was Bob Hoskins (wrong!). Liam Neeson as Aslan was marvelous. I was really impressed with the CGI rendering of him, it was fabulous.

Tilda Swinton was MARVELOUS. But, I've loved her in everything I've seen since Orlando.

This was very immersive for me, unlike Kong which kept drawing me out. In this is was only the occassional screaming child which brought me back to the world outside the wardrobe.

I'll be rereading these and soon. I felt this was a total homerun, outta the park.

Donna

[Isaac]

Talk about quick: Narnia is already scheduled for home video release on April 4th!

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Like GC, my only notice of anything amiss...

lol!

Okay, let's review. GD's the boy. CP's the girl. GC's the boy who wishes he was born a girl but is not GD. Unless you meant the Grand Californian...


I saw 'Narnia' the other day and thought it was just okay. There are a lot of areas where nothing is happening. Kinda boring in places. I liked Tumnus, too but found some of the shots of him with Lucy kinda creepy. Unlike CP, I loved Lucy. I thought she was fantastic.
They could have chopped half an hour off of this movie.
I liked Tilda Swinton, I always have enjoyed her acting. I saw an interview with her once that blew me away. (I wished I remembered who she was talking to, maybe Charlie Rose?) In the interview she talked about how she embraced her depression and found it an easier way to deal with it than telling herself it's bad to be sad. Wonderful. With that being said and getting around a Swinton gush fest from me, I thought that her final close up shot was almost erotic. Like she wanted the lion. Interesting choice of shots by the director. (Oh, and I loved the 'I'm unstable' take she gives the Edmund kid at one point. Lovely.)
My favorite characters were the beavers (I love my Dawn French).
I thought the battle was okay. Too brightly lit for my taste.
And my absolute favorite, favorite moment was when Ann Coulter's Oompa Loompa gets shot. Nice! Everyone in our theater laughed.


Oh yes, and I'm glad they removed the Father Christmas quote about women and wars. Bleh. I also cringed at the 'It is finished' line. It makes it seem like god smiles when you smite a lady.